#D4B040#D4B040

#D4B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B040
RGB	rgb(212, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 1.28, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 59.71, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0018 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.134 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6045, 45.4205, 11.3198)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B040 #4064D4

analogous

#D46640 #D4B040 #AED440

triadic

#D4B040 #40D4B0 #B040D4

tetradic

#D4B040 #40D466 #4064D4 #D440AE

square

#D4B040 #40D466 #4064D4 #D440AE

split-complementary

#D4B040 #40AED4 #6640D4

monochromatic

#7D661C #AF8E27 #D4B040 #DFC572 #EAD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D4B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#D4B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B040

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B040	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c77b',
    500: '#d4b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b040;
$custom-light: #e5c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B040

secondary

#98A8D7

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B040

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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